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From Mogadishu to Minneapolis

Elizabeth Schmidt Africa is a Country
The Trump administration’s crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota ignores a longer history: decades of US intervention that helped produce the violence and displacement Somalis fled.

As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need To Reckon With the American War Machine

Negin Owliaei Truthout
Would we be here if there were any real repercussions for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, or the continuing genocide in Palestine? We need true accountability for these crimes. And the only way to get it is to wage a struggle against militarism every day.

A First Lady in a New York Cell

Medea Benjamin and Michelle Ellner Counter Currents
Cilia Flores brought feminism to the Bolivarian Revolution. She is one of the most prominent political prisoners in the world, yet most women’s rights organizations have not said a word in her defense.

Friday Nite Videos | March 6, 2026

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Trump Stumped by Worst-Case Iran Scenario. Sometimes You Bomb Iran |Jesse Welles. The Devil Is Busy | Documentary.Police Body Cameras | John Oliver. It Was Just an Accident | Movie.

Trump Stumped by Worst-Case Iran Scenario

Trump ponders the worst-case scenario, Sen. Markwayne Mullin stumbles over his war semantics, a shit-faced Grace Kuhlenschmidt nominates Trump as Iran’s new supreme leader.

The Devil Is Busy | Documentary

An intimate look inside a women’s healthcare clinic in Atlanta, where Tracii leads security to ensure safety and care amid protests and restrictions.

Police Body Cameras | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses why police body cameras can be useful, or useless, depending on whether they’re used properly, and yeah, he also discusses what it looks like to arrest a giant mouse.

It Was Just an Accident | Movie

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. A searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about revenge and mercy